Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh lauded the anti-insurgency initiatives taken by the Sheikh Hasina-led Bangladesh government to crackdown on militant hideouts in Bangladesh stating that the act of the Bangladesh government has helped in throwing out insurgency in Tripura.

India’s Union Home Minister Minister Rajnath Singh was all praise for the Bangladesh government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during an election rally of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in Agartala, the State capital of Tripura, on Monday.

Rajnath Singh said, “A large number of militants from the Northeast India, including Tripura, had their hideouts in Bangladesh. The government of Bangladesh has wiped out those militant hideouts. And thus, peace has been restored in Tripura.”

He also added, “The wiping out of militancy in Tripura was possible owing to the goodwill between the Government of Bangladesh and the BJP-led Government of India.”

According to official sources, Tripura Election Commissioner Sriram Taranikanti had earlier asked the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) to intensify patrols along the border.

The order from the Tripura Election Commissioner reportedly came in the wake of a huge cache of arms and ammunition being recovered by Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recently from the Chunarughat area.

During a major operation, the RAB recovered a total of 10 anti-tank rockets from the Satchhari National Park in Habiganj’s Chunarughat Upazila of Bangladesh.

RAB Legal and Media Wing Chief Mufti Mahmud Khan told the media that the rockets, which were Chinese-made, were recovered from a bunker.

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